Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery
Onyeama and US Secretary of State, John Kerry,
held a joint press conference at the White house
yesterday March 30th where Kerry stated that
the US wished Nigeria well.
Onyeama and US Secretary of State, John Kerry,
held a joint press conference at the White house
yesterday March 30th where Kerry stated that
the US wished Nigeria well.
He said the US was
particularly happy about the present fight
against corruption. Kerry added that the US has
never had a "Holier than thou" disposition to
corruption matters as they have had their fair
share of such acts too but that all hands must
be on deck to fight corruption to a halt;
particularly happy about the present fight
against corruption. Kerry added that the US has
never had a "Holier than thou" disposition to
corruption matters as they have had their fair
share of such acts too but that all hands must
be on deck to fight corruption to a halt;
"The United States strongly supports the
efforts of institutions like Nigeria’s
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission to prosecute corruption
cases. And we back the role of civil
society and of the media in exposing
corruption and in advocating for greater
transparency.
And we emphasize the
message that the United States, in – that
the United States, we don’t have a holier-
than-thou attitude about this.
message that the United States, in – that
the United States, we don’t have a holier-
than-thou attitude about this.
Believe me,
we don’t. We’ve had our own challenges
with organized crime through some of
our history, but we have fought back
against it. And we have fought back
against it with prosecutors who are
above reproach, above the possibility of
any kind of interference, and who go
after it, and that has made all the
difference in the world.
we don’t. We’ve had our own challenges
with organized crime through some of
our history, but we have fought back
against it. And we have fought back
against it with prosecutors who are
above reproach, above the possibility of
any kind of interference, and who go
after it, and that has made all the
difference in the world.
You cannot have
impunity in your culture – in anybody’s
culture – and expect to be able to make
progress. The truth is – and I’ve seen
this as Secretary of State and it’s been
an eye-opener for me – the numbers of
countries in the world that are challenged
today by corruption where it is stealing
the future from young people, stealing
the future from all citizens – what
happened in Tunisia with a fruit vendor
who set himself on fire was not the
result of religious indoctrination.
impunity in your culture – in anybody’s
culture – and expect to be able to make
progress. The truth is – and I’ve seen
this as Secretary of State and it’s been
an eye-opener for me – the numbers of
countries in the world that are challenged
today by corruption where it is stealing
the future from young people, stealing
the future from all citizens – what
happened in Tunisia with a fruit vendor
who set himself on fire was not the
result of religious indoctrination.
It was
the result of an individual who rebelled
against an individual act of corruption by
a policeman and who said, “I’ve had
enough.” So all of us need to heed the
warning signs, and we emphasize that,
as in the United States, the soliciting of a
bribe at any level of government cannot
be considered business as usual – it is a
crime"he said.
the result of an individual who rebelled
against an individual act of corruption by
a policeman and who said, “I’ve had
enough.” So all of us need to heed the
warning signs, and we emphasize that,
as in the United States, the soliciting of a
bribe at any level of government cannot
be considered business as usual – it is a
crime"he said.
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